1985–86 AFC Bournemouth season

Bournemouth
1985–86 season
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Stadium	Dean Court
Third Division	15th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	Preliminary Round
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

During the 1985–86 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Third Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Darlington	46	15	13	18	61	78	−17	58
14	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	61	59	+2	57
15	AFC Bournemouth	46	15	9	22	65	72	−7	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	14	12	20	51	75	−24	54
17	Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	61	64	−3	53

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
17 August 1985	Derby County	A	0–3	11,324
24 August 1985	Bristol City	H	5–0	4,969
26 August 1985	Brentford	A	0–1	4,283
31 August 1985	Newport County	H	0–1	3,387
7 September 1985	Chesterfield	H	1–0	3,207
14 September 1985	Notts County	A	0–0	4,235
17 September 1985	Blackpool	H	1–4	3,039
21 September 1985	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	3,057
28 September 1985	Darlington	H	4–2	2,775
2 October 1985	Lincoln City	A	2–3	1,962
5 October 1985	Cardiff City	A	1–0	2,156
12 October 1985	Bury	H	2–1	3,122
19 October 1985	Gillingham	H	2–3	3,561
22 October 1985	York City	A	1–2	4,194
26 October 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	6–1	3,798
2 November 1985	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	3,800
5 November 1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	6,816
9 November 1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	4,126
23 November 1985	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	2,390
14 December 1985	Walsall	A	2–4	4,460
17 December 1985	Rotherham United	H	1–2	2,489
21 December 1985	Bristol City	A	3–1	5,691
26 December 1985	Reading	H	0–1	6,105
28 December 1985	Brentford	H	0–0	4,006
1 January 1986	Swansea City	A	1–1	6,989
11 January 1986	Newport County	A	1–2	2,333
18 January 1986	Derby County	H	1–1	4,223
31 January 1986	Chesterfield	H	3–2	2,347
4 February 1986	York City	H	2–0	2,476
8 February 1986	Gillingham	A	0–2	3,895
22 February 1986	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	2,949
1 March 1986	Darlington	A	0–0	2,576
4 March 1986	Lincoln City	H	2–2	1,873
8 March 1986	Cardiff City	H	1–1	2,707
15 March 1986	Bury	A	0–3	2,097
18 March 1986	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	2,063
22 March 1986	Bristol Rovers	A	3–2	3,296
29 March 1986	Swansea City	H	4–0	3,325
31 March 1986	Reading	A	2–1	7,342
5 April 1986	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–3	5,351
12 April 1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–0	3,382
15 April 1986	Notts County	A	1–3	2,423
19 April 1986	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–1	2,799
26 April 1986	Rotherham United	A	1–4	2,107
29 April 1986	Blackpool	A	0–2	2,259
3 May 1986	Walsall	H	0–1	3,047

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	16 November 1985	Dartford	H	0–0
R1R	19 November 1985	Dartford	A	2–0
R2	7 December 1985	Dagenham	H	4–1
R3	4 January 1986	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes
R1 1st Leg	21 August 1985	Reading	A	3–1
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1985	Reading	H	2–0	Bournemouth won 5–1 on aggregate
R2 1st Leg	25 September 1985	Everton	A	2–3
R2 2nd Leg	7 October 1985	Everton	H	0–2	Everton won 5–2 on aggregate

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
PR	14 January 1986	Leyton Orient	A	1–3	947
PR	21 January 1986	Reading	H	5–0	1,974

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Ian Leigh
—	GK	ENG	John Smeulders
—	DF	ENG	Roger Brown
—	DF	ENG	Mark Newson
—	DF	ENG	Tony White
—	DF	ENG	Mark Nightingale
—	DF	ENG	Billy Clark
—	DF	ENG	David Coleman
—	DF	ENG	Paul Morrell
—	DF	ENG	Tom Heffernan
—	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
—	MF	IRL	Gary Howlett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	Tommy Keane
—	MF	ENG	Morgan Lewis
—	MF	IRL	Mark O'Connor
—	MF	ENG	Adrian Randall
—	MF	ENG	Robbie Savage
—	MF	ENG	Keith Williams
—	MF	IRL	Sean O'Driscoll
—	MF	ENG	Chris Shaw
—	FW	NIR	Colin Clarke
—	FW	ENG	Steve Claridge
—	FW	ENG	Colin Russell
—	FW	ENG	Ian Thompson

References

^ "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1986". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1986".

[1] "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1986". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[2] "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1986".

[1]

[2]

v t e AFC Bournemouth
General	Seasons Academy teams Players Managers Women's team
Ground	Dean Court
Matches	1984 Associate Members' Cup final 1998 Football League Trophy final 2003 Football League Third Division play-off final Liverpool 9–0 Bournemouth (2022)